Funny: OZschwitz dad asks politicians to fund holiday

An Australian father so fed up with the taxpayer-funded travel perks given to politicians that he asked them to fund his family's holiday has received an overwhelming response -- from the public.

Father-of-three Stephen Callaghan established a GoFundMe page, entitled "Please Pay For My Kids' Holiday" asking federal politicians to give his children the same travel entitlements their own receive.

Callaghan was not asking for donations from the public, but they have now contributed more than Aus$6,000 (US$4,350) to his cause, well above his Aus$5,000 target.

"Bloody hell. You people have put EVERY Australian Politician to SHAME," he wrote on the page on Tuesday.

On his blog, Callaghan wrote that community anger over the travel entitlements given to Australian politicians had been kicked off by then speaker Bronwyn Bishop using a helicopter for a short journey at a cost of Aus$5,000, but grew as other entitlements came to light.